How can a civilized society allow such malicious behavior to take place with no repercussions for decades? How could our government officials repeatedly turn a blind eye to Gosnell's "House of Horrors"?It is apparent that a political agenda needed to be protected. Exposing the horrors that were taking place in the clinic could adversely affect that political agenda. Thus, evil was given a free pass to continue.

Where is the outrage? Have we become so calloused that we are no longer surprised by any outrageous behavior? Why have the babies killed after birth in this clinic received no public tears and outpouring of grief? Why has the murder of these children been treated differently by the media than the children killed in school shootings. Why is this killing condoned?

This is the burning question in my heart and mind. Where is the Church in all of this?If people of faith don't stand up for those who are unable to stand up for themselves, who will? Has a timid Church allowed society to go astray so gravely?

I realize that the Church can't cure all of the societal ills that confront us. As a matter of fact, there are times when we struggle to even cure the ills within our own ranks. However, with that being said, how can we stand idly by and allow things like Gosnell's House of Horrors to exist without resistance? Where are the people of faith while these types of things are going on in our communities?

It is with a heavy heart that I ponder our wandering far from God. We have been killing unborn children for 40 years now. In this particular case our society has also allowed the killing of children after they are born. This clearly reveals that we are steeped in a culture of death--and it doesn't even seem to bother a significant portion of our population.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, it is time for some serious prayer and fasting. Complacency, apathy, and indifference can no longer be the mode of operation. It is time for us to truly be the light of the world and the salt of the earth. "God chose us in Christ before the world began to be holy and blameless in his sight." Let's live like we believe that!

Dear Deacon Vernon,
It is a stark tragedy that our nation has chosen death over life. It befuddles me that people will love death and evil more than life. I believe that satan, who also loves death, wants to destroy life in every situation possible. With contraception came the advent of preferring death over life. This lead to sex without love, without marriage, pornography, more disease, domestic violence, divorce, and death. Satan promises happiness through rebellion and sexual immorality. However, as people believe the immediate effects of their sexual immorality, they neglect and deny the long-term effects which is loss of hope, anger, rage, frustration and destruction. People come to love their sexual immorality, which is how satan destroys life. Instead of love, marriage, sacred sexual union, parents, children and families, we delve into every perversion possible and call evil Good, and good is labeled Evil.

Christianity is now being labeled in the Army as evil and extreme, punishable by court-martial. Soon, Christianity will be outlawed as a hate-crime simply because it disagrees with homosexuality - satan's primary course of action to destroy humanity.

As you have said, we must pray unceasingly and pray for all of our enemies - if we can understand that those who practice evil are, in a sense, infected with a spiritual cancer, we might do better in dealing with all of this evil that is running rampant throughout the world.

Thank you for your thoughts and the opportunity to express my viewpoints.

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Deacon Vernon

5/10/2013 02:11:03 pm

Steve,
Thank you for your follow-up thoughts. We certainly have plenty of things to bring to God in prayer!
Deacon Vernon

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